I provide in person, phone or video therapy sessions through a secure, HIPPA compliant platform for people across the state of California.
Services
“The only way out is through” — Fritz Perls
Therapy for Adults
If you are wondering where to start, please know that sometimes people come to therapy and know what they want to work on, but other times the goal of therapy is to have the space to figure things out. No matter what your situation may be, we can figure out the steps needed to get you where you want to be, and create the life you are proud to live.
I offer 50-Minute one-on-one sessions. My experience includes but is not limited to people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, loss, or life transitions such as parenting. You may experience low self-esteem or relationship difficulties with partners, friends, or family. In general, if you are struggling to cope, reach out and see how I can support you at this time.
Therapy for Children
Working with children is very different from adult therapy. Children may not have the language to describe how they are feeling. Thus, they process their experiences and emotions through the medium of play. I trained to identify when a child is dealing with low self-esteem or struggling to adjust to a new situation such as family separation. School can also be a significant source of stress with bullying, struggling to make new friends, or learning to adjust to academic expectations. Teaching your child the skill of emotional regulation can go a long way in helping them cope with their everyday experiences.
I provide 50-minute sessions where a safe space is provided to explore, identify and express their thoughts and feelings by utilizing play therapy. I work very closely with the children’s primary caregivers, by holding regular check-ins and possible conjoint sessions.
Therapy for Couples
Life can come at us thick and fast, and if we don’t pay attention, it can soon become about day-to-day survival. It is no longer about the relationship and its importance. Couple’s counseling provides a space for reconnection and the unlearning of old patterns that keep you stuck in an unhealthy cycle.
Many issues can arise over the lifetime of a relationship, such as communication difficulties, unmet emotional needs, intimacy difficulties, affairs and infidelity, finances, and the effect of technology in your life together. Issues can arise around parenting and co-parenting communication or the transition from it being just you two as a couple to you becoming new parents.
I offer 60-minute sessions in which we will create an emotionally focused communication style. You will both learn the skill of active listening, with the ultimate aim of reducing conflict helping to resolve your issues more effectively.
Therapeutic Approaches
As Carl Jung already stated, “The shoe that fits one person pinches another.” Since every person is so unique,
I do not have one specific theoretical orientation. As an integrative therapist,
rather than molding you into one approach, I adapt my therapy style to your needs.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness in counseling is about increasing our awareness of the present moment so we can begin to choose our responses. Once we become aware of our thoughts and emotions in the moment, we now have an opportunity to respond less reactively and more in line with how we want to be in the world.
Experiential
Therapy
Experiential therapy offers a way of working and connecting with the parts of your life that are held in a place that exists beyond words. An unspoken truth that the body holds. Through experimenting with role-playing or dramatizing the felt sense of your energy as you revisit the past, it allows for the true expression of your past experience to release the remnants of the past.
Attachment-based Therapy
Attachment-Based therapy is a brief process-orientated form of counseling. It uses the therapeutic relationship as a foundational experience of what a healthy relationship feels like. You can use this positive relationship experience to rebuild the capacity to trust in others and see what it feels like to be genuinely valued just as you are and not what the other person needs you to be. It allows you to show up as your authentic self and, in turn, may also give permission to those around you to do the same.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
This is talk therapy that looks to break down your thoughts, feelings (physically & emotionally), and behavior. It seems to challenge your thinking that sometimes maybe faulty, replacing it with a more balanced approach. This then, in turn, affects how you feel about the situation, which leads to different behaviors.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
It is a short-term goal-focused therapeutic approach. It helps clients create healthy solutions that interrupt the feelings of being stuck and trapped by life’s issues. It is a therapeutic practice that offers practical solutions on how to reach your goals
Family Systems
Therapy
This approach looks at the family as a system rather than just focusing on the individual. It looks at familial patterns of communication and coping with difficulty that has been unconsciously absorbed due to being a part of this system. In turn, this awareness allows us to create ways of being that are more suited to our values rather than that of the system.